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Scaling Techstars Horizontally

Feld Thoughts

There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically. Scale Vertically (or “scale up”): Add resources to a single node in a system, typically involving the addition of CPUs or memory to a single computer. You can scale vertically and horizontally at the same time. Techstars Berlin (Berlin).

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. Right now, across parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, people are literally using a kitchen soup ladle and cheesecloth to salvage blood,” says Carolyn Yarina of Sisu Global Health , creator of Hemafuse. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health.

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Transcript of Why Continuous Learning Matters for Today’s Professionals

Duct Tape Marketing

Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, you name it. So they’re in-person, but it still kind of had that community feel that we still have online today. So it is an increasingly global community. Are learning communities going to replace or at least be the new school?

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Back in early 2017, I worked with ABANA (network of financial professionals with ties to the Middle East/North Africa); Harvard Arab Alumni Association ; and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY (which I founded) to launch an annual Tech Summit in New York focused on the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”). Apply here.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Cove.tool

Austin Startup

for startups that isn’t San Francisco or New York), Cove.tool has buildings in Canada, South America, Europe, Africa and Australia, as well as across America. The weather, the community, having Georgia Tech in our backyard for talent, the cost of living, connectivity to all major cities. What is your top goal for CoveTool for 2020?

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Impact Investing: a time for problems to become opportunities

VC Cafe

Now it’s a big world of impact and technology out there, so let’s start by putting terms in context: Tech for Good: companies or projects that are concessionary in nature, might make a big impact in local communities but might not make as much money as a VC would require from its investments.

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Best Web Analytics 2.0 Tools: Quantitative, Qualitative, Life Saving!

Occam's Razor

You can get public feedback from their community of professionals (currently 8,000). It uses one of the largest sources of data in the world and can be an excellent way to understand Traffic, Search Keywords, and Also Visited data for a Chinese site or one from Brazil or South Africa. Insights for Search is one of my secret crushes.

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